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Fri, Dec 09, 2022

'Orchid Mania' workshop offered in person and online

Learn how to buy and care for the tropical flowers

Thu, Dec 08, 2022

Are you treating your soil like dirt?

Healthy soil is crucial for our plants and our environment

Wed, Dec 07, 2022

December rose care: Start pruning now

Get to work on trimming bushes and coaxing dormancy

Tue, Dec 06, 2022

All-America honors go to top new plants for 2023

A striking coleus and a mini kabocha among the award winners

Mon, Dec 05, 2022

Green Acres hosts Dogs Days Adoptions

Come meet (and take home) shelter pups at Roseville site

Sat, Dec 03, 2022

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Dec. 4

December gets off to a welcome soggy start

Fri, Dec 02, 2022

It's leaf season -- here come The Claws!

Street pile pick-up through Jan. 23 in Sacramento

Thu, Dec 01, 2022

Holiday event Saturday at Folsom’s historic Murer House

Stroll the grounds and residence during the December open house

Wed, Nov 30, 2022

Rain on the way after another dry month

Sacramento's overdue for a good soaking

Tue, Nov 29, 2022

Santa alert! The Plant Foundry hosts holiday open house

Dog adoptions, music and more at special event in Oak Park

Mon, Nov 28, 2022

Sacred Heart holiday home tour returns to Fabulous Forties

East Sacramento tradition features five designer-decorated homes

Sun, Nov 27, 2022

Odd couple makes perfect red-green holiday side dish

'Rubied sprouts' feature two seasonal favorites

Sat, Nov 26, 2022

Dig In: Garden checklist for week of Nov. 27

After sunny days, change is in the air; rain's due Thursday

Fri, Nov 25, 2022

The Secret Garden celebrates Small Business Saturday

Elk Grove garden store hosts family fun along with sale

Thu, Nov 24, 2022

Shopping Saturday? Add this native plant sale to your stops

Celebrate, learn about and purchase California natives

Wed, Nov 23, 2022

Take a tour of UC Davis trees

Just in time for fall color, a new self-guided tour teaches about varieties on campus

Tue, Nov 22, 2022

Talk turkey and explore nature at Effie Yeaw

Fun outdoor events at the Carmichael nature center this weekend

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Garden Checklist for week of Nov. 3

November still offers good weather for fall planting:

* If you haven't already, it's time to clean up the remains of summer. Pull faded annuals and vegetables. Prune dead or broken branches from trees.

* Now is the best time to plant most trees and shrubs. This gives them plenty of time for root development before spring growth. They also benefit from fall and winter rains.

* Set out cool-weather annuals such as pansies and snapdragons.

* Lettuce, cabbage and broccoli also can be planted now.

* Plant garlic and onions.

* Keep planting bulbs to spread out your spring bloom. Some possible suggestions: daffodils, crocuses, hyacinths, tulips, anemones and scillas.

* This is also a good time to seed wildflowers and plant such spring bloomers as sweet pea, sweet alyssum and bachelor buttons.

* Rake and compost leaves, but dispose of any diseased plant material. For example, if peach and nectarine trees showed signs of leaf curl this year, clean up under trees and dispose of those leaves instead of composting.

* Save dry stalks and seedpods from poppies and coneflowers for fall bouquets and holiday decorating.

* For holiday blooms indoors, plant paperwhite narcissus bulbs now. Fill a shallow bowl or dish with 2 inches of rocks or pebbles. Place bulbs in the dish with the root end nestled in the rocks. Add water until it just touches the bottom of the bulbs. Place the dish in a sunny window. Add water as needed.

* Give your azaleas, gardenias and camellias a boost with chelated iron.

* For larger blooms, pinch off some camellia buds.

* Prune non-flowering trees and shrubs while dormant.

* To help prevent leaf curl, apply a copper fungicide spray to peach and nectarine trees after they lose their leaves this month. Leaf curl, which shows up in the spring, is caused by a fungus that winters as spores on the limbs and around the tree in fallen leaves. Sprays are most effective now.

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